Anchoring-stake.



PATENTED JAN. 1'7, 1905.

P. M. HURLEY.

ANGHORING- STAKE.

APPLIOATIOII FILED APR. 1, 1904.

NMwE S TE Patented January 1 7, 1905.

FRANK M. HURLEY, OF ATHENS, OHIO.

ANCHOPllNG-STAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,039, dated January1'7, 1905.

Application filed April 1, 1904. Serial No. 201,175.

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK. M. HUnLnY, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Athens, in the county of Athens and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful improve ments in Anchoring-Stakes,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in anchoring devices, and isespecially adapted for securing tents, derricks, or the like.

The essential object of my invention is to provide a device of the typeindicated above which possesses a maximum degree of substantiality andwhich may be quickly secured in the ground or displaced therefromwithout the delayand inconvenience incident to the various means nowmost commonly used.

For a full description of the invention and merits thereof and also toacquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings.

Vhile the essential and characteristic features of the invention aresusceptible of modi fication, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a perspective view of my invention, showing the relative positions ofthe parts preparatory to placing the stake .in the ground. Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view showing the stake after same has been secured inthe ground, the operating-lever by which the actuating bar is actuatedbeing shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a broken perspective view showingthe upper portion of the stake and the end of the operating-leveradjacent thereto. Fig. 4t is a view showing the stop-pin 14 above theupper end of the actuating-bar engaging same to prevent movementthereof.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

My anchoring device consists principally of five parts--namely, a stake1, an actuatingbar 2, an operating-lever 3, and a pair of anchoring-dogsa. The stake 1 may be of any suitable form so far as its generalstructure is concerned, being made with a view to strength and rigidity,however. At the up per end of the stake 1 a head 5 is provided, andsecuring members 6 are also mounted upon the head portion or adjacentthereto for the purpose of attaching guy-ropes or tackle of any suitablesort.

Guide members 8 are secured to a side of the stake-body 1, and theseguide members receive the actuating-bar 2 and direct the latter in itssliding movement upon the stake 1. The lower portion of theactuating-bar2 is provided with a plurality of teeth 9 upon oppositesides thereof, and these teeth 9 cooperate with toothed segments 10,formed upon the anchoring-dogs i. The dogs 4- are pivoted at pointsadjacent the segments 10 thereof to the lower end portion of the stakel, and these dogs are adapted by a pivotal movement to be projectedlaterally from the stake, so as to enter the round to secure the stakein position. To facilitate the lateral anchoring movement of the dogs4:, the upper ends thereof are pointed, preferably as shown at 11.

The means for actuating the bar 2 comprises an operating-lever 3, beforementioned, and this lever is removably mounted upon the stake 1. Thelever 3 is provided with a pivot member 12, extended laterally therefromand disposed at one end thereof. The upper portion of the stake 1 isprovided with a lateral enlargement 13, which is provided with anopening to receive the pivot member 12 of the operating-lever 3 when thelatter is disposed upon the stake. The lever B is curved adjacent thepoint of pivotal support thereof and may be of a size and lengthsuitable for the purposes for which the anchoring device may bespecially utilized. The size of the lever 3 would greatly depend uponthe general size of the stake and adjacent cooperating parts. The leverB is adapted to engage the upper end of the actuating-bar, and downwardmovement of the lever 3 adapted to thereby force the actuating-bardownwardly in a manner which will be readily com n'chended. The slidingdownward movement of the actuating-bar 2 imparts a pivotal movement tothe dogs 4: because of the engaging relation between the teeth 9 of thebar 2 and the toothed segments 10 of the dogs 4:. The pivotal movementimparted to the dogs 4: projects said dog's laterally from the stake toform anchoring members which effectually prevent any displacement of thestake while they are so disposed.

To look the actuating-bar 2 positively from upward movement after thesame has been forced downwardly by the lever 3, a stop-pin 14 is carriedby the stake 1, being suspended therefrom by means of a flexibleconnection, such as a chain 15. The stop-pin 14 is adapted to be passedthrough openings 16, which are provided in the body of the stake and inthe actuatingbar 2, said openings being adapted to register when theactuating-bar reaches the limit of. its downward movement.

In the use of the anchoring device a hole is first made in the ground ofasize sufficient to receive the stake 1. The said stake is thenintroduced into the hole and the operatinglever 3 is disposed upon theupper portion of the stake and caused to actuate the bar 2. Theactuation of the bar 2 projects the anchoring-dogs I outwardly from thestake, and this having been done the stop-pin 14 is placed in positionto lock the anchoring-dogs projected from the stake. The operating-lever3 may then be removed, and the operator will then pass on to the nextstake and use this same lever in positioning the latter-mentioned stake.

Fig. i illustrates the stop-pin 14 in engagement with the upper end ofthe actuating-bar 22 instead of passing through the opening in theactuating-bar, as shown in Fig. 2. The

cooperation of the stop-pin in Fig. 4 is substantially the same,however.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. Incombination, an anchoring-stake, an actuating-bar disposed upon the saidstake, anchoring-dogs carried by the stake and c0- operating with theactuating-bar, and a lever 4 operating with the actuating-bar, and aremovable lever mounted upon the stake and adapted to actuate theactuating-bar.

3. In combination, a stake, anchoring-dogs pivoted to the stake andprovided with toothed segments, an actuating-bar slidably mounted uponthe stake and provided with teeth meshing with segments of theanchoring-dogs, and means for actuating said bar.

4:. In combination, a stake, anchoring-dogs pivoted to the lower portionof the stake, toothed segments formed with said dogs adjacent thepivoted portions thereof, an actuating-bar slidably mounted upon thestake and provided at its lower end with oppositelydisposed teethmeshing with the toothed segments of the anchoring-dogs, and means forlocking the actuating-bar from movement.

5. In combination, a stake, guide members projected laterally from thestake, an actuating-bar slidably mounted in said guide members andprovided at its lower end with oppositely-disposed teeth, anchoring-dogspivoted to the lower end of the stake and provided with toothed segmentsmeshing with the teeth of the actuating-bar, a lever pivoted to theupper portion of the stake and engaging the upper end of theactuating-bar, and a stoppin adapted to pass through openings in thestake and actuating-bar to lock the latter from movement.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK M. HURLEY.

